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May 2020
Continue Building Connections with Virtual Chamber Networking By Lisa Workman Although we are unable to get together inperson, Chamber members can stay connected virtually through technology. Over the past 2 months, we have modified some Chamber networking events to online, Zoom versions. Yes, it’s a little awkward. Yes, it’s new and different. No, it’s not the same – but it works – and we’ll keep offering online/virtual/digital networking as a way to “get out of the office and meet people.” Plus, anyone can “attend”, and it might just save travel time. Mid-May we hosted our first “Zoom-Bassador Visits” (Chamber Ambassadors) where we welcomed new businesses and new Chamber members Sign Guys and ICON Business Advantage to the Fergus Falls area. Chamber Café went virtual this month too and featured a virtual tour of Fergus Home & Hardware,
Spring-O BINGO for prizes and a dozen miniguest speakers updating attendees on what’s happening in their businesses and organizations. So far, we have hosted two webinars for working remotely – “How to Manage a Remote Workforce” and “How to be Rock Star Remote Worker” presented by Alison Steinwand of Fox Consulting with more than 30 people attending each session. In addition, Megan Beckler, Chamber Board Member and owner of Multi Business Solutions, has presented two “Q&A” sessions on the “PPP” Paycheck Protection Program with more than 50 attending. If there’s a topic you’d like to know more about or would like to present on, please us know. Our goal is to provide connections and content to keep our community connected.
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS (MAY 2020) Attitudes for Hair Aura Fabricators Bell Bank Children’s Corner Learning Center CHS New Horizons Cline Jensen PA Comstock Construction Don Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant Double A Catering EAPC Architects Engineers Executive Sanitation Fergus Falls School District #544 – Jeff Drake, Supt. Frontier Marine & Powersports Gate City Bank Interstate Engineering InVision Eye Care Jaeger Furniture Jensen Builders Joanne New Age Lake Region Electric Cooperative Lake Shore Services Lakes Country Service Cooperative Lutheran Social Service of MN Mahube-OTWA Community Action
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Multi Business Solutions
MAY
Northstar Dock & Lift Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy Inc. (OSPTI) Otter Cove Children’s Museum Otter Risers Kiwanis
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PPP Q&A Zoom, 11am YPN Thirsty Thursday Virtual Happy Hour, 5pm YPN Thirsty Thursday Virtual Happy Hour, 5pm
JULY
Ottertail Glass
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Ottertail/Minn-Dakota Coaches
Shop, Move ‘n Groove – Shop, Drop ‘n WIN Chamber Café, 7:30-9am, Otter Cove Children’s Museum
Patriot Assisted Living
AUGUST
Pebble Lake Golf Club
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“Safari Par-Tee” Golf Scramble, 12-7pm, Pebble Lake Golf Club
Pickett & Demuth, Ltd.
SEPTEMBER
PRO Resources
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Quality Toyota
Chamber Café, 7:30-9am, M State
OCTOBER
RDO Equipment
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Robert L. Russell, Attorney at Law Security Insurance & Investments
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Slumberland Furniture
West Central MN Career Expo, 8:30am-1pm, Kennedy Secondary School Fergus Falls Chamber Annual Meeting, 12-1pm, Fergus Falls Public Library
NOVEMBER
T. Walls Plumbing
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Chamber Café, 7:30-9am, hosted by Park Region Companies at Otter Tail Co. Government Services Center 17 Showcase Fergus Falls (Take 2), Bigwood Event Center 25 Shop, Drop ‘n Win Kickoff 30 Shop, Drop ‘n Win Drawing #1 TBD Membership Mixer, 5:30-7:00pm. Otter Cove Children’s Museum
Ten Mile Lake Resort & Steakhouse Thrivent Financial – JP Stender Tysdal Chiropractic Ultimate Auto Safety Unique Construction WDAY YMCA
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350 Places You Can Spend Fergus Bucks & Bonus Bucks FOOD / RESTAURANTS / CATERERS American Legion Post #30 Big Chief Café & Little Chief Outpost Café 116 Cenex Zip Trip—Godfather’s Pizza Cooking with MamaSheena Dairyland Drive-In Dining Car #423 / Steel Wheels Don Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant Double A Catering Eagles Aerie #2339 Fabled Farmer Fiesta Brava Hardee’s Jimmy Johns Lakeway Express McDonald’s Papa Murphy’s Perkins Family Restaurant & Bakery Perks Coffee & Tea LLC Pizza Ranch Premier Meats & Seafood Service Food Socials Bar & Grill Stalker Lake Golf Course Bar & Grill Stumbeano’s Coffee Company Taco John’s Union Pizza & Brewing Co. VFW Post #612 Viking Cafe Zens Creative Catering Z103 Bar & Grill SALONS / PERSONAL SERVICES 715 Hot Heads Attitudes for Hair ExSalonce Great Clips Pure Aesthetics Revive Massage & Country Spa ENTERTAINMENT / PLACES TO GO AmericInn Lodge & Suites Arrowwood Lodge at Brainerd Lakes Comfort Inn Country Inn & Suites/Bigwood Event Center East Silent Lake Resort Elks Club #1093/Point Campground Fisherman’s Village Resort Hideaway at Xanadu Island Holly’s Resort I-94 Speedway James Wedgwood Comedy Ventriloquist Joten Lake Acres Kaddatz Galleries Lakes Inn at Dunvilla Madsen’s Resort Mother, Goose & Beans Northern Aire Bowling Lanes Northern Lights Resort Otter Cove Children’s Museum Otter Tail Co. Historical Society Pebble Lake Golf Club Rodeway Inn—Fergus Falls Shooting Star Casino Hotel & Event Center Ten Mile Lake Resort, Inc. Thumper Pond Resort LLC WestRidge Theater Whispering Waters Resort Woodlawn Resort YMCA RETAILERS / STORES Avon—Dawn Johnson BeMobile—Verizon Wireless Biffley’s & Bookmark Casey’s General Stores, Inc. Central Lakes Cycle College Way Auto Sales & Service Cooper’s Office Supply Cora’s Closet Upscale Consignment Boutique Dan’s Vacuum & Sewing Inc. Fergus Falls Farmers Market Fergus Falls Municipal Liquor Store Fergus Home & Hardware Fergus Tire Center Fleet Farm Frontier Marine & Powersports Holiday Stationstore #142 Home Depot Jaeger Furniture JK Sports
Joanne New Age Liza Jayne’s Home Décor & More Mattress Firm Mauk Jewelers, Inc. Maurices Minnesota Motor Company Nature’s Garden World, Inc. Nelson Auto Center Olson Furniture & Design Studio Olson Oil Company, Inc. Quality Toyota Radio Shack/Design Electronics RDO Equipment of Fergus Falls Sears Slumberland Tangles to Treasures THE bric & Periwinkle Place The Flower Mill The Market Victor Lundeen Company Walgreen’s Walmart Welander Jewelers Welcome House Consignment & Thrift Store Westridge Mall SERVICES Affordable Solutions Beyer Body Shop, Inc. & Towing Canine Acres Pet Resort Companion Animal Hospital ES Precision Auto Glass Extreme Marine LLC Fergus Fast Lane Fergus Wash N’ Go Pebble Lake Auto Repair Transit Alternatives The Rental Store Ultimate Auto Safety Unlimited Auto Glass HEALTH CARE / HOME CARE ACCRA Home Care Apple Tree Dental CK Home Health Care, Inc. Clarity Brain Center Community Behavioral Health Hospital Dr. Zack Fergus Falls Chiropractic Fergus Falls Optometric Center, Ltd. Fergus Falls Spine & Injury Center Fergus Falls Veterans Home Hanley Murphy Dental InVision Eye Care Jayme Mace, DMD Family Dentistry Knute Nelson Home Care & Hospice Lake Region Healthcare incl. 20/20 Optical Lakeland Mental Health Center, Inc. LB Homes LifeSmiles Dental Mill Street Residence Northstar Behavioral Health Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy Inc. (OSPTI) Park Gardens Patriot Assisted Living PioneerCare Prairie’s Edge Dental Ringdahl Ambulance Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Professionals Thrifty White Pharmacy Tysdal Chiropractic HOME PRODUCTS / SERVICES Agassiz Granite Tops Anytime Plumbing Arvig Barry Construction Inc. Briana Norman—RE/MAX Signature Properties Calla Lily Designs Captain Clean Century 21 Vista CHS New Horizons City of Fergus Falls Coatings Unlimited Colby’s C.A.V.E. Comstock Construction Inc. Dan Johnson Construction EcoWater Systems of West Central MN & Lakes Area Fiskum Flooring & Custom Showers, LLC Great Plains Natural Gas Company
Herzog Property Management Iverson Garage Door—Hiedeman Doors Jensen Builders John’s Heating & Air Conditioning Keller Williams Realty Professionals Lake Region Electric Cooperative Lake Shore Services Lakes Concrete Pumping Madsen Property Management N.F. Field Abstract Company, LLC Nature’s Call Septic Service, Inc. North Country Lawns Northstar Dock and Lift Otter Tail County Otter Tail Power Company Otter Tail Telcom/Park Region Telephone Ottertail Glass Pinnacle Pro Floor Care Platte Properties LLC (River Oaks Landing) Premier Electric Pro Floor & Tile PureWater Technology of the North Red Oak Lawns LLC Red River Electric Seland’s Abbey Flooring Center ServiceMaster of Fergus Falls SERVPRO of Douglas & Otter Tail Counties Star Bright Professional Cleaning Services Stenerson Lumber Stor-N-Lock SubZero Insulation LLC T. Walls Plumbing, Inc. Team Chamberlain—Keller Williams Realty Thies & Talle Management Town House of Aspen Turchin Electric Ugstad Plumbing & Heating Inc. Unique Construction Village Cooperative of Fergus Falls Vision Concepts West Central Abstracting Co DONATE TO A NON-PROFIT A Center For The Arts A Place To Belong A Wife Like Me Alzheimer’s Association MN ND Chapter American Red Cross Augustana Lutheran Church Bethel Lutheran Church Boy Scouts of America Business & Professional Women Children’s Corner Learning Center Communicating for Agriculture/America Federated Church Fergus Area College Foundation M State Fergus Falls 544 Education Foundation Fergus Falls Concert Association Fergus Falls Area Habitat for Humanity Inc. Fergus Falls Downtown Riverfront Council Fergus Falls Fish & Game Club Fergus Falls HRA Fergus Falls Noon Kiwanis Club Fergus Falls Noon Rotary Club Fergus Falls School District 544—Jeff Drake, Supt. Fergus Falls Sertoma Club First Lutheran Church Freedom Resource Center Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center Girl Scouts Dakota Horizon Good Shepherd Lutheran Brethren Church Health Resources Center Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Humane Society of Otter Tail County Kindred Family Focus Lake Region Association of Realtors Lake Region Recovery Homes Lake Region Healthcare Foundation Lakes Country Service Cooperative LB Homes Foundation Lutheran Social Service Mahube-OTWA Community Action Partnership Nazarene Church/Morning Son Christian School Otter Risers Kiwanis Otter PTO — Elementary Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church/School PioneerCare Foundation Pioneer Public TV Productive Alternatives
Rural MN CEP-CareerForce Salvation Army Someplace Safe Springboard for the Arts State Representative Bud Nornes Summerfest U.S. Representative Collin Peterson United Way of Otter Tail & Wadena Counties Veteran’s Walk of Flags Visit Fergus Falls (CVB) West Central Initiative Zion Lutheran Church PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 4t Creative Aasness Auctioneers United Country Aflac-Sheri Meis American Welding & Gas AmeriPride Ameriprise Financial AMP Insurance Annabelle H. Lee Agency, Am. Family CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen PLLP) Cline - Jensen PA Country Financial– Brian Riches Cultivate Courage, LLC Dakota Mailing and Shipping Design Intent Architects Docu Shred, Inc. Doherty Staffing Dorn & Co., Inc. EAPC Architects Engineers Edward Jones Advisors Executive Sanitation Farmers Ins.—Jessica Lopez Agency Farmers Insurance—Mark Lipke Fox Consulting Services Glende-Nilson Funeral Home Grant Davenport Agency Greater Fergus Falls H2M Icon Business Advantage Indigo Signworks Integrated Networking Interstate Engineering Jordan Rasmusson, Ind. Consultant Kevin Johansen, CFP ® Knight Printing Krekelberg Law Firm Lakes Area Web Services Larson Insurance Leighton Broadcasting Liberty Business Systems Marco, Inc. Metro Sales Inc. Midwest Insurance Agency, Inc. Midwest Printing Company Moore Engineering, Inc. Multi Business Solutions Nelson Bros. Printing & Supply Network Center Inc. Newman Outdoor Advertising Nice Threads Custom Embroidering NW Mutual - Marv Sawtell Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Svc ORB Commercial Real Estate Group Ottertail/Minn-Dakota Coaches Paymasters Inc. Pemberton Law Firm People Ready Pickett & Demuth, Ltd. Possibility Business Precise Sensing PRO Resources Robert L. Russell, Attorney at Law Rohde Insurance Services RSF Business Advisors, LLC Sara Bakken, Realtor Security Insurance & Investments Sign Guys Signworks Signs & Banners Smith & Sem, Ltd. Sparklight Advertising Sr. Perspective Stoltenburg Errand & Chore Services Swenson, Saurer, Gerber, Anderson The Daily Journal The Midweek Thrivent Financial– Kurt Nygaard Thrivent Financial– JP Stender Wallwork Truck Center WDAY
By Lisa Workman Have you noticed the “Superheroes” in our community? They don’t wear capes, but they have the strength and determination of Superman, Thor and Captain America combined. They often “fly under the radar” going about their business without making a fuss. Over the past few months, they’ve been closed, beaten down, punched in the gut and yet they get back up again – ready to adapt to the next challenge. I’m talking about our small business owners – they own cafes & restaurants, salons, clinics, retail shops, personal services, attractions and more. They’re service providers who care deeply about their customers, clients, employees, families, friends, and neighbors. Our small business owners make up the very fabric of our community and we need them, now more than ever. And we need to stand up for them and support them, now more than ever. This is more than just a “Shop Local” pitch – this is critical. Many of our small businesses are on “life support” through no fault of their own. We need to RALLY for our local businesses and do EVERYTHING we can to get them through this. And EVERYONE can do something to help, here a few ways to pitch in: • Call them and tell them “Thank You” for being in Fergus Falls. Let them know you care. Or send a card/note. • Write positive Google Reviews for 3 local businesses, every day for the rest of May • Do business locally – buy products, services, gift cards or Fergus Bucks – and continue to take advantage of LOCAL online shopping & curbside pickup • Continue to order meals “to go” and tip generously It’s time to get Fergus Falls, Minnesota moving again, in the safest way possible for employees and customers, while protecting businesses of all size. Our long-term economic future is counting on it. We believe all businesses are essential. We know you do too. The Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce stands ready to help ensure our members are prepared – that they have instituted health and safety protocols for their workers and customers and have a preparedness plan in place. We are confident in their ability to do the right thing and are working with them, each and every day to understand and employ best practices. Our businesses are run by smart, caring people who use commonsense guidelines to manage their businesses while navigating these unprecedented times. As a Chamber, we continue to be a trusted resource for timely information about re-opening, unemployment and remote work, health guidelines, and loans. Supported by Fergus Falls small businesses, thousands of small businesses statewide and more than 70 local chambers of commerce across Minnesota, we’ve urged Governor Walz to consider a more rapid and equitable approach to safely open businesses of all sizes. We’re ready to lead Fergus Falls into economic recovery. Are you with us?
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